FRCP 12(b)(6)

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In Elliff v. City of Mesa, No. CV-25-01146-PHX-JJT, 2025 WL 3237480 (D. Ariz. Nov. 20, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Title VII prohibits employers covered by the Act from discriminating against an…

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In Ridenour v. Colectivo Coffee Roasters, Inc., No. 25 CV 2040, 2025 WL 2930795 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 15, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s sex discrimination claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In sum, plaintiff, who worked as a coffee shop manager, alleges that…

Read More Employee Terminated After Helping Coworker File Incident Report Sufficiently Alleges Title VII Sex Discrimination Claim, Court Rules
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In Taylor v. PJ Cheese, Inc., No. 3:25CV355, 2025 WL 3215734 (E.D. Va. Nov. 18, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant Papa John’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of hostile work environment sexual harassment asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: Taylor states that he found the…

Read More Title VII Sexual Harassment Claim Dismissed; Discomfort, Tight spaces, and Some Unwanted Contact by Coworkers Insufficient
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In Brooks v. Chester Valley Golf Club, No. CV 25-761, 2025 WL 3210349 (E.D. Pa. Nov. 17, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s sex- and race-based hostile work environment claims. From the decision: The last incident on which Plaintiff relies to support her allegation of a hostile work environment, and…

Read More Sex, Race-Based Hostile Work Environment Claims, Based on Comments Allegedly Invoking the “Angry Black Woman” Stereotype, Dismissed
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In Weaver v. Shasta Servs., LLC, No. 2:25-CV-00910-MJH, 2025 WL 2977874 (W.D. Pa. Oct. 22, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s age discrimination claim under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). From the decision: Plaintiff brings age discrimination claims against Defendant under the ADEA and PHRA. Defendant argues that…

Read More ADEA Age Discrimination Claim Survives Dismissal; EEOC Administrative Remedy Exhausted
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In Holloway v. Fort Bend Independent School District, No. 4:24-CV-2014, 2025 WL 3158133 (S.D. Tex. Nov. 12, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim for discrimination, based on her reassignment, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: To state a claim for…

Read More Title VII Race/Color Discrimination Claim, Based on Reassignment, Survives Dismissal
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In Wallace v. Chris Wright, Secretary of Energy, No. CV 24-2906 (SLS), 2025 WL 3042025 (D.D.C. Oct. 31, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of retaliation under the Rehabilitation Act. From the decision: To state a retaliation claim under the Rehabilitation Act, a plaintiff must allege that: “(i) she…

Read More Retaliation Claim Asserted by Department of Energy Employee Survives Dismissal
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In Brown v. Montefiore Health System, Inc., No. 24-3078-cv, 2025 WL 2985389 (2d Cir. Oct. 23, 2025), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that plaintiff indeed stated a claim for a race-based hostile work environment claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the New York State…

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In Holsten v. Barclays Servs. LLC, No. 3:24CV844 (RCY), 2025 WL 2696991 (E.D. Va. Sept. 22, 2025), the court held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged a sex-based hostile work environment under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and, therefore, in accordance with the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act…

Read More Title VII Sex-Based Hostile Work Environment Sufficiently Alleged; Motion to Compel Arbitration Denied
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In a recent decision, Aubrey Drake Graham v. UMG Recordings, 25-CV-0399 (JAV), 2025 WL 287960 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 9, 2025), the court, inter alia, dismissed rapper Drake’s complaint alleging defamation, arising from a lyric in a song (“Not Like Us”) accusing Drake of being a pedophile. Ultimately, the court ruled that the statement was nonactionable opinion.…

Read More Drake’s Defamation Complaint Dismissed; “Not Like Us” Statements Were Nonactionable Opinion
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